User's Guide

● xks.v.seat.belt.back.left - Seat belt sensor
● xks.v.traction.control - Traction control on/off
● xks.v.cruise.control.enabled - Cruise control enabled/disabled
● xks.v.emergency.lights - Emergency lights enabled/disabled
● xks.v.steering.mode - Steering mode: Sport, comfort, normal.
● xks.v.power.usage - Power usage of the car
● xks.v.trip.consumption.kWh/100km - Battery consumption for current trip
● xks.v.trip.consumption.km/kWh - Battery consumption for current trip
Note that some metrics are polled at different rates than others and some metrics are not
available when car is off. This means that after a restart of the OVMS, some metrics will be
missing until the car is turned on and maybe driven for few minutes.
Climate and navigation-metrics are fetched from navigation unit and needs the Kia Soul
compatible OBDII-cable.
Soul specific shell commands
There are a few shell commands made for the Kia Soul. Some are read only, others can enable
functions and some are used to write directly to a ECU and must therefore be used with caution.
Read only commands
xks trip
Returns info about the last trip, from you put the car in drive (D or B) and til you parked the car.
xks tpms
Shows the tire pressures.
xks aux
Prints out the voltage level of the auxiliary battery.
xks vin
Prints out some more information taken from the cars VIN-number. Not complete.
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